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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
ASHTON STARKE.
The New President or the virginia
State Agricultural Society,
Richmond Man.

The subject of this sketch was born
October -, lS49, in this city, and has
lived here all his life. Coming out OF
family who have lived in the vicinity
of Richmond for over $50 years, he is
therefore Virginian to "the manner
BON, and completed his education at
Richmond College. An only son Of the
late Mr.. Z. II. Starke, the great pillow
inventor, Mr.. Starke naturally fell into
the same line, and after acquiring the
necessary experience began business
for himself on large scale.
Among the large number of men en-
ployed by him h. has always been
highly popular, among our people
generally his gen;a'lty, ready wit, and
and other qualities rendering him a
great favoiite in the highest social cir
cles, yet he is a plain, blunt man,
utterly devoid of "dirs and grlces, 80
full OF jonhoDmic and dry humor, and
rates men rather 4, than .t1r what they
are worth.
These qualities added greatly TO his
strength when he was brought ont two
years ago as candidate for the Legs
lature, and his few stump speeches
brief, pithy, plain and pointed; full Of
strong, hard "horse-sense, and run
ming over with fun-completed the
favorable impression already made upon
the public and insured his election.
MIR. Stark has been conspicuously
identified with the State Agricultural
Society for several years. In his cleo
ton lie bears two distinctive honors,
being the youngest man ever elected to
this Office ard the first citizen of Rich
mond to hold it.
The good Judgment of the society
does not admit of question. and the
public feel Ike saying that we may
look for "tigger' things at the so
ciety's hands now. Not that all the
other presidents have not done well,
but Mr.. Starke seems to have peculiar
fitness to develop just such an institu-
ton.
His paper presented before our
Chamber Of Commerce some months
ago is still fresh in the minds Of the
people, and the suggestions made
therein will do well for us to remember
in time to come. No man is more pop
ular in our community, and We believe
our people have that confidence in him
that will rally them enthusiastically to
his support in his new sphere, for orr
Richmond merchants are not slow to
follow a good leader in any effort to
promote the veal Of the State at large
and the progress of our business in
terests as a city.
We congratulate the society and take
of our hat to our young townsman-
President Ashton Starke.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
Sanitary Measures-PreYeuti0 OF
Consumption.

Consumption.
TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
This fearful disease, which annually
numbers Its victims by thousands, illus
trates more than any other the benefits
of preventive medicine Unlike CON
tapious diseases, which can only be
avoided by seclusion, generally i'm
practicable, or epidemics, which in
diyidual effort is powerless to stay, or
fevers, sudden and unexpected in their
attack-its slow invasion and its ready
detection by the practiced eye gives
ample time to resist its encroachments.
Already Its frequency and fatality have
been greatly lessened by improved
methods of treatment, and its gradual,
though slow, elimination from the ills
the flesh is heir to may be reasonably
anticipated.
As the disease may be artifcially
developed in the lower animals by con
fnement, insufficient food, and other
depressing influences, it follows that
the removal Of such agencies, aided by
an opposite plan of treatment, VIII not
only ward off disease but will often
eradicate it in its early stages.
Children of consumptive parents will
generally escape the disease ii sufficient
care be taken in early life to prevent
its development. They should have a
plentiful supply ofnutritious food, such
as meats, eggs, milk, and butter, with
free allowance of sugar as used in the
various forms of cookery. They should
take abundant exercise in the open air
to enable them to digest this food
properly and to give strength and yigor
to the system, care being taken that it
should not be carried to the point Of
exhaustion.
The clothing should be such as to
keep the body comfortable and to pro-
tect it from changes OF the weather.
Depressing emotions and influences
of all kinds should be avoided as far as
possible. Those who inherit con-
glmptive tendencies generally have
delicate and sensitive nervous systems,
which should be carefully guarded from
injury.
In short, wherever there is q ten
dency to consumption, either heredl-
tary or acquired, all other eonsidera-
tons should be made to yield 10 the
imperative necessity OF eradicating II
by a thorough and radical change in
the constitution. This, though it may
shorten the hours OF confinement for
study, does not by any means imply a
neglect OF education, as the develop
ment OF the brain and nervous System
by it will very materially contribute to
the end in view. Md.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
HAVE YOU A SKIN DISEASE

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have been a terrible sufferer for years from
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no relief until used the CUTfCURA kENlDiE.,
which have cured me, and left my skin n clear
and blood As pure as a chtlds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
COVERED W1TU SALT RuEr-v.

CUTICUBA REMEDIES are the greatest mel,-
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nEAp. FAcE. IN nopY RAW.

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DECATUR, MICH. Mrs. 5. z. NHIpPLE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
A FkYER sORE CUREp.

must extend 90 you the thanks u one Of my
customers, who has been cured by using the
CCTICUBA REMEDIES Of an Old sore, caused by
a long spell Of sickness or fever eight years
ago. lie was so bad he Ra- fearful he would
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10 sBy be Is now entirely Wcll-sOund ~ "a dol
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
The Eagle ana the Lamb.

J. II. Sullivan. Esq, who lives four
miles west Of town, hearing the dis
tressful bleats OF one of his fall lambs
in the direction Of the wood pasture late
Wednesday evening, hurried forth with
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30

"Be candid, Doctor" said the
patient, when found with q bottle OF
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. ".You know
it is good medicine" and tho II. d.
left in disgust.
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lemon EIi,Ir
A PLEASANT trMn.'.'

'f fFNVN DKItE
,, Leingn Enilr Ia prepared nom a.. -.
."IeS " lemons, combined sitb Or" Hesn
pie liver tOnics, cathartir,. a,,, v,'t 'egeiA-
ANTS, and bloOd-purlners. ''' stmu-
fli1y cents and one dollar per h,,,t.
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MANCHESTER TAXPAYERS.

w
THE LAST HALF Og THE CITY AND
school TAX Is PAYABLE on or BEFORE
NOVEMBER !. 1851. All psrsons paying the
same on or before that date viii DO eati,iei %
A REBATE or PER CENT. or Tao city tar.
] sm now ready 10 receive the Stais tax Tor
1881. Five per cent VIII be added 70 all taxes
city, school, aud state--unpaii December l,
1897. and the same will be PLACED 10 tas haads
Of the Sergeant Tor collection.
J. W. nkONAUGH, JR.
Treasurer City OF Manchester.
&C ei-eodtNoft
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CTATE TAXES.
STATR RRvgNUg 0FFtcg.)
No. Is ELEVENTH STREET,

NIOHhUNDs A., UctoOat -, lcot
THE STATE TAX Bli.lS FOR 1897 are Eos
ready Tor payment. 10 ell unpaid DkNkNB K I,
lsf NE penalty VIII DO added aal tue bills
gwen % tue collectors :. q. TtNSLkY,
ecw-iw Assistant ffoasarer.
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CHORTHAND, TELEGRAPHY.

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Practical training. Terms reasonable. Day
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STENOGRAPHY taught 10y correspondence.
Send for copy Of "Trisl-Lesson Pamphlet %
Given free. Address McGILyRA COLLEGE OF
TELEGRAPHY AND SHORTHAND, iil3 Main
street, Richmond. Va 50 i.dSu&Th&g3m
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REMUNRRATIyE.

The contracts proved very remunera-
tive, and once more he could be termed
wealthy. In filling these contracts he
started for Louisville on his own boat,
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
SLAIN BY A BULL.
AFarmer Knocked Down and Gored
to Death in His Own Pasture.

Farmer Lyman, q resident of the southern
mart of Downers Grove township, Illinois,
was gored to death few days since by
bull. Mr. Lyman and another man went into
the pasture to look at some cattle, when the
bull attacked his owner and gored
him in horrible manner. His companion
escaped to a barn, and he and another man
mounted horses, armed themselves with
pitchforks and galloped back to the rescue
They were too late, however. for Mr. Lyman
was dead. The bull stood near the
mutilated body, believing angr1ly.
His eyes were rolling, froth was
dripping from his mouth and his
his tail was lashing the air. The horsemen
charged upon him with the pitcnforks, and
after a stubborn fight he ran away. Return,
ing to the body of Mr.. Lyman, the men found
it terribly mutilated and disfigured. One ear
was torn off and he was nearly disembo"eled.
Mr.. Lyman's companion says that when the
Infatuated bull first knocked his VIC
tim down Mr. Lyman lay still, and the
animal simply walked around his PROSTATE
form, paving and believing: 1t was then
that the eyewitness ran for horse, thinking
that Mr.. Lyman would lie still until he
should arrive armed. 1t is supposed that MI.
LYMAN got up, and that the act was the sig
nal for the animal to renew the attack, winch
resulted in the death of Mr.. Lyman.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20

General Master Workman Powderly, i'll an
interview at Scranton, Peun,, said his next
annual message to the Knights of Labor Will
advocate Government ownership OF tele-
graph and railroad lines, and the
establishment of postal savings
bank Bills will be prepared by
him to carry these suggestions into effect
Assembly for it's approval. Should the As
sembly approve these measures they Will be
introduced in Congress and backed by
the full strength OF the Knights OF Labor.
He added that there was misunderstand-
ing about his rumored resignation at the
next General Assembly. He said it probably
arose from statement which he made In
Omaha and Boston, some time ago, to the
effect that he was now serving his last term
as chief of the organization.
AS he was elected for two years at Rich
mond, he has yet year to serve, but he says
that he is ready at any time to make way for
his successor should the order see fit to elect
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
Disaster in a Church.

A terrible accident is reported from Need
more, a small village in Tennessee. Rev. j.
NJ Carter and DR.. Logan were to speak there
in favor of prohibition. When they arrived
they found a big revival i'll progress, and
did not speak. The revival was being con-
Quoted in Il two-story church building, the
upper floor being used for church pur-
poses and the lower floor given up
exclusively to school purposes. There
was an immense audience in the
upper story listening attentively to the exhor-
tation of the minister, when suddenly the rear
floor gave way with crash, carrying sixty
or seventy people with it. The fall was thir
teen feet, and hardly one of them escaped inju-
ry The injured were quickly rescued from the
wreck, and three of them found to be serious
ly injured. One man was fatally hurt Every
sent for, and the work of relieving the in
iured promptly begun.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
Pacific Coast Fortunes.

Balzac reveled in millions as miser
gloats over his golden hoard, and he en-
dowed many of his characters with the
generous hand of the novelist: but he
dealt in francs, not dollars, and the
Bourse spectators and the great financial
schemes that he loved to describe pale in
to insignifcance before the fortunes and
business operations of the halfdozen
men of the Pacific coast, who, in mining
and railroads, have made fortunes that
would have been called royal even in the
Gays of Ceser and imperial Rome Cos
.sepolitdn.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE New Yorks have played twenty five
different men this season.
CLARKsoN, the Chicago pitcher, is still
suffering from lame arm.
THE indianapolis League nine has been
SRIut out six times this season.
AUDRAIN COUNTY, Missouri, has baseball
~azab composed of nine brothers
BosToE's Mayor occasionally takes in the
4 ball games at the Boston grounds.
BENNETT is now making up for lost time
and doing nearly all of Detroits catching.
Cur of Il games pitched by Getzein on
che last Eastern trip Of the DetrOits, he won
eight
THE Association teams will make some
wholesale releases at the end of the present
season.
PRESIDENT SPALD1NG says that he will
saetI the release of almost any man on the
Chicago team for SIC, 900.
CAPTAIN ANsON now says he is sorry the
ChicagOeS parted with Kelly, whose release
WaS sold to Boston for $l0,0 900.
THE minor leagues rapidly going to
pieces Even the strong International
league has lost about half its climbs.
MANAGER JOHN KELLY is reported to
have said that temperance plank will be
asserted in every Louisville players contract
next season.
THE Boston Pittsburg 2S-14 score of
August 81 was the biggest made tLis season
kn the League ranks. The next biggest was
New York 70 Indianapolis q, a total of 81
runs.
SIX Of the Bostons have made 100 safe hits
more than in Sny other team. Five of the
EetroitS have got there, and three each of the
E11icagos, New Yorks, Philadelphias and
Indianapolis.
TEE latest reports from Chicago make
Spalding say: II look to see the League
circuit for next year composed of Boston,
New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia in
tue East, and Detroit, Chicago, st. Louis and
Pittsburg in the West.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
Useful Hints.

Boiling in strong soapsuds will clean
up an old lampburner and make 1t as
good as new.
Ash and other light wood floors are
frightened by wiping over with skinned
milk instead of water.
Oil stains may be removed from paper
by applying pipe clay powdered and
mixed with water to the thickness OF
cream; leave on for four hours.
On ironing day, set aside the pieces
needing repairs and mend before putting
away Keep the wearing apparel of each
member of your household where it can
be found by the owner without calling
for help in the search.
Into a solution of gum arabic stir plas-
ter of Paris until the mixture assumes
the consistency of cream apply with a
brush to the broken edges of china and
ioin together. In three days the article
cannot be broken in the same place.
A preparation much used in cleaning
silver is little powdered whiting mixed
to'a paste with water, to which few
drops of ammonia has been added, or
with alcohol Polish with very soft linen
cloths, old flannel or a soft chamOis skin.
Salt will sometimes remove obstinate
stains, such as those on egg spoons.
ANY reader who has old mahogany
furniture that has lost its lustre and needs
to be frightened up should first wash 1t
clean with warm water and wipe it per
fectly dry. Then apply mixture of
sweet oil and beeswaX with soft cloth,
taking care not to use too much OF the
mixture. Lastly, polish we'll with a
channels.
An easy method Of preserving cream
for several weeks, or even months, is to
idissolve in water an equal weight OF
white sugar with the cream to be pre-
served, using only just enough water to
Imelt the sugar, and make a rich syrup.
boil this, and while hot add the cream,
lstirring them well together. When cold
put it into bottle and cork it well.
A few forms for use in hanging up
CLOTHES may be purchased at any hard
lware store for five or ten cents each, and
will keep a garment presentable a great
deal longer than when it is hung upon a
nail or hook A mans clothes are almost
ruined by hanging in folds, and these
forms will preserve the shape of the
shoulders and keep out wrinkles.
The following is often used TO take
scorch out of clothes: The juice of two
lemons, half an ounce of fine white soap
shaved thin, two ounces of fuller's earth
and half pint of vinegar; boil all to-
gether. Lay the scorched article in the
sunlight and when the above mixture Is
cool spread it over the scorched portion.
Let tdry, then wash and boil the article.
Of course if the fabric is so badly burned
as to injure and break the threads there
is no remedy.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
FiIibusters RepuIse 800 Soldiers.

While in ambush some miles from Matan-
zas, Cuba the other afternoon, just after land
ing the band of Cuban flibusters that re-
Gently left Key West, Fla, were attacked
by detachment of 300 Spanish soldiers; The
latter we're repulsed, leaving three dead and
carrying five wounded, the result OF the
dynamite bombs thrown by the filibuSters.
Four of the Cubans were wounded, but not
at all seriously, by shots from the soldiers.
The expedition party then made Its way into
the interior, and private advices re-
ceived from the leader by a re.
preventative of the cause at Key West
announces that they have joined those who
went there previously. 1t is believed that
certain Spanish smacks, the property OF a
wealthy Cuban Home Ruler and supposed
to be engaged in the fishing trade, sailing out
of Havana and frequently seen in American
waters, are really doing a profitable business
smuggling aguardente one way to the Florida
main land and carrying arms and reinforce
ments to the Cuban revolutionists on their re-
turn to Cuba from Tampa and Key west.
Two Spanish gun-boats have been cruising IN
sight Of Kew West
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
A LONG TRANCE.
a Woman Who Has Been in a Cata-
lentic State For Ten Months.

leptiC State For Ten Months.
Mrs. John Herbert, the now celebrated
cataleptic, confined in st. Joseph's Hospital
at Joliet, IL. and who has been in a con-
tinuous sleeping trance or cataleptic state
now ten months, remains about the same
with the exception that she talks more than
when her case was last written up. Her talk
is principally about something to eat She
is continually ordering her meals, but her
appetite has not improved any. The eyes
still remain closed, the muscles rigid, and the
joints stiffened She stands in any position
she is placed in, like a statue, till moved, and
the limbs will remain in any position in
which they are placed until changed She
has but slight sensibility to pain, and is
perfect human automaton. Sometimes she
cries, not aloud, but with seeming suppressed
grief. AT other times she smiles, but never
laughs audibly. She has become great
curiosity. People come for miles to see her.
and on Sundays the place is crowded like q
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
a SCHOONER FOUNDERS.
From Ten to Fifteen Persons Lost
in Lake Superior

From Ten to Fifteen Persons Lost
in Lake Superior
A Marquette Mich dispatch says that the
schooner Niagara, which sailed last week
from. Ashland for Ashtabula, foundered SIX
mikes above White Fish Point in a heavy
gale
The crew Of ten men were lost. The Cap
tain was II. Clement, and his family are said
20 have been on board with him. The
schooner was ore-laden, and must have sunk
Ff once.
CAPTAIN Delos Waite, of the steamer Idaho,
Seslorts passing the wreck of the Niagara
She lies IL nine fathOms OF water ten miles
from White Fish Point and five miles
from, shore Her mizzenmast just reached
above water and her main and fore
uIsastS were floating near with other pieces o.
Ssreckage. Captain Waite saw no traces OF
any of her Inflated crew, and says that,
though not many miles from the shore
and the White Fish Point Life Saving
Station no small boat could have lived IN
tle terrible sea which was running there
Ssn Wednesday The United Empire, whlch
arrived at the Sault during the day, reported
that it was the worst her crew ever ex-
Ecrienced, and when the Idaho came up IL
VraS still running.
a Chicago dispatch gives these additional
particulars OF the disaster: The schooner
Niagara laden with ore and towing with the
sfeam-barge Australasia. broke her tow
line of White Fish Point, Lake
went down in deep water with all on board:
The captains wife and family and crew OF
ten men were included in the lost. The
Niagara was owned by COrrigan & Co., of
Cleveland. aud was valued at $50 900.
White Fish Point is at the Lake Superior
entrance to the straits connecting Lake
Superior with Lake Huron. The point Juts
out from the shore of the Upper Michigan
peninsula, and it is only few miles across to
the Canadian shore. The port which the
Niagara left is Ashland, Wis, and she was
JF,,ynnd for Ashtabula, Ohio ON Lake Erie.